Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [adv] resort to " in BNC.
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1 | Of course play may well be slowed down if the new rules are imposed and there has to be a ballot before every strike , but while that is being negotiated Mr Christie may well resort to the block vote at the back to defend his resolutions . |
2 | A broad-beamed fellow like myself should have no difficulty careering it across the ironing board , although a woman or even a bachelor-wimp might sooner resort to an old-fashioned metal iron than attempt to put this monster through its paces . |
3 | The balance-of-payments deficit is not as bad as it looks , partly because it stems from private sector choices rather than public sector profligacy , and is thus inherently less inflationary as individuals can not resort to the printing press to ease the burden of their debt ; and partly because much of it may be imaginary , since the figures omit the ‘ balancing item ’ of unrecorded net receipts from overseas assets . |
4 | For example , the experience of members of the Women 's Cooperative Guild , who in both their own estimation and that of observers were adjudged respectable married women , shows that family misfortune , particularly in the form of sickness and unemployment , could quickly plunge a family into poverty , whereupon the wife would probably resort to strategies similar to those of her poorer sister . |
5 | But since the two parties are untrammelled by tradition or ideology , Nigerians will probably resort to voting for ethnicity anyway . |
6 | In order to secure the payment of tribute , servicemen would often resort to taking hostages ( amanaty ) . |
7 | Even where there is some attempt to account for female/male differences in deviant behaviour , the explanation may simply resort to the simplistic notion that sex roles are generally differentiated . |
8 | The counsellor should never resort to the giving of advice . |
9 | Feelings of worthlessness , hopelessness , grief , lack of purpose and depression may still have to be dealt with , or the individual may again resort to an alcoholic solution . |